THE UNITED STATES FOREST RESERVES. 



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These are: The Pacific Reserve (967,680 acres) of Washington; the 

 Cascade (4,492,800 acres), Bull Run (142,080 acres), and Ashland 

 (18,560 acres) Reserves of Oregon; the Sierra (4,096,000 acres), San 

 Gabriel (555,520 acres), San Bernardino (18,560 acres), and Tra- 

 buco Canon (49,920 acres) Reserves of California; the Yellowstone 

 Park Reserve (1,239,040 acres) of Wyoming; the South Platte 

 (683,520 acres), Plum Creek (179,200 acres), White River (1,198,- 

 080 acres), Battlement Mesa (858,240 acres), and Pike's Peak 

 (184,320 acres) Reserves of Colorado; the Grand Canon (1,851,520 

 acres) Reserve of Arizona; the Pecos River (311,040 acres) Reserve 

 of New Mexico, and the Afognak Reserve (area unknown) of 

 Alaska. 



The establishment of these reserves did not excite any special 

 approval or disapproval of the policy, except as some local interest 

 was affected favorably or unfavorably. In the latter case little 

 attention was paid to it by the parties directly concerned, as there 

 was no real protection of the reserves or public forests by patrol, and 

 the cutting of timber and destruction by fires went on as before. It 

 was not until the executive proclamations of February 22, 1897, 

 were made that great opposition was developed in the Northwestern 

 States, in which many of the reserves were situated. These proc- 

 lamations, based upon the recommendation of the Forestry Com- 

 mission of the National Academy of Sciences, established thirteen 

 forest reservations, containing an aggregate area of 21,379,840 acres. 

 Their names, locations, areas, etc., are given in the following table: 



Name of Forest 

 Reserve. 



Black Hills 



Big Horn. . 



Teton 



Flathead. . . 



Lewis and Clark. 



Location. 



The central portion of the 

 Black Hills, of South Da- 

 kota. 



Slopes of the Big Horn Moun- 

 tains in northern central 

 Wyoming. 



Adjacent to and south of the 

 Yellowstone Park timber 

 reserve. 



Slopes of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, Montana, from the 

 Great Northern Railroad to 

 the international boundary. 



Both slopes of the continental 

 divide in Montana, from 

 near the line of the Great 

 Northern Railroad south- 

 ward nearly to the forty- 

 seventh degree of latitude. 



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Estimated 

 area (acres). 



967,680 



1,127,680 



829,440 



1,382,400 



2,926,080 



Object. 



To protect and make perma- 

 nently productive this iso- 

 lated forest, which is essen- 

 tial to adjacent mining and 

 farming interests. 



To protect the water supply of 

 streams important to farm- 

 ing in adjacent regions. 



To protect the water supply of 

 streams important to farm- 

 ing in adjacent regions. 



On the eastern slope to make 

 the forests permanently pro- 

 ductive for mining, and to 

 protect the headwaters of 

 tributaries of the Missouri. 

 On the western slope, to 

 protect cultivated valleys 

 from floods. 



To protect the sources of the 

 Missouri essential to irriga- 

 tion, to prevent floods, and 

 to preserve the forest for 

 intelligent development of 

 its values. 



